calling out to women 50+

I'd like to start this thread specifically for women who are 50 or over.

As a 53 year-old woman, myself, I am finding new challenges, unexpected difficulties and wonderful insights on my path to getting to and maintaining my health, weight and body shape.

What seemed to work for me as little as five years ago doesn't work quite the same anymore. My body doesn't seem to respond to what I consider healthy eating habits and good workout schedules as it even in my middle to late 40s'.

SO, I am would to hear from those out there who are finding themselves in situations. OR NOT, maybe you can enlighten the rest of us as to how you keep your shape, or how you're getting into better shape and a healthier overall lifestyle.

Hopefully this will be the start of something wonderful, educational, funny-offer up jokes anecdotes, whatever!

LET'S GET STARTED!

Just walked in after a LONG, snowy, winter conditions drive home, and read through all the wonderful posts. I bet we're all saving thousands of dollars supporting one another because we don't have to pay for group therapy. I can't say more, because I am not able to work out tomorrow (long day), so I'm heading down to the basement StairMaster to make time to work out today. I did a weight tape yesterday at the cabin (we have a black pot bellied stove there , BEB, and it's totally fake, but heats  great) while it snowed out the window. Thank you my lovely, inspirational, and fabulous cyber friends!

wow...  december 1st already?  that doesn't give me very long 'til christmas eve.  i really need to break away from here again.  i need to stop logging, keep up my exercise & try to just plain old eat right on my own.  i think i know how to get an A by now.  LOL

i'll probably be on here everyday anyway, because this site is my homepage.  i don't think i'll ever change that.  drop a line if you need anything.  i have the toolbar, too.  :D

ok, wish me luck!  i know i can do this...

good luck everyone!!!  hang in there & be strong!!! 

i just need to do this.    i need to grow, be strong, self confident, etc.

Hey Snow, you already are... Good luck on your independence day! Just drop a note once in awhile, even if you do not log your food in or check your grade. We would be too sad to lose you completely...

Yes, it's December 1st already. Yesterday, Sunday, we put up our Christmas tree, but it felt weird to be doing it alone, without even one of our children, for the first time ever... I bought that tree in Taiwan, the first year we were there - 1992 - and it has followed us all these years, gathering new decorations on the way. It's a bit ratty now, and some of the decorations have seen better days - and one "branch" was gnawed by rats in Dubai - but it carries so many memories I know it will always be our beloved tree. We bought decorations in every country, and we received some from many friends, and every time we take them out, we remember... The star at the top is still attached to the same old chopstick. Many times we tried to find a "better" star, but somehow none fit as well as that one, so it stayed with us, and probably always will...

I did a lot of walking today. And I repaired a wreath I had made that needed some freshening up. I found the dowel for the wallhanging that will go in the entrance hall, and made two new cushions for our dogs' Christmas present. I'll give them to them now, because I think Tiny won't see this Christmas. Yesterday she was drooling saliva tinged with blood, so the time has come. I wrote our boys to ask them if it was ok not to wait till they had said goodbye, and they both said waiting wouldn't be fair to her, and to tell her they love her very much. It breaks my heart, but it is even worse to think she is pain. She was with us almost 15 years, so we can't complain, for it is a good long life for a dog. And she won't really die, as the energy she brought into our life will keep resonating into our hearts, changing them for as long as we live ourselves. I'll just feel incomplete, without her silent love at my feet.

Phox, I LOVE mango sticky rice... That's also my daughter's favorite and I learned how to make it just to be able to make some for her. From April to June you can find stalls selling it on every Bangkok sidewalk, as it's the best time for mangoes. As you said, it's not exactly diet food... The Paulo Coelho book is titled "The Devil and Miss Prym". It's a small book, but a very deep and wonderful story, like most of his books. Have you read "The Alchemist"? One of the best books I ever read, and I read many...

I was very good today. I only had a coffee, a green salad, two tablespoonful of pasta, a tiny piece of cheese and a nice snack of papaya and pineapple. I love pineapple and it's good in this country, both sweet and tangy. Beth asked about watermelon: yes we do have very good watermelon here. In fact it's the country with the best watermelon ever. Each country has some fruit that is more succulent: Malaysia had mangoes (huge ones and so sweet and flavourful that eating one was like listening to a symphony), Sri Lanka had the best papaya, Japan had the best strawberries and persimmons, Indonesia the most incredible variety of bananas (200 kinds!!!), Taiwan had lychees to die for, Thailand had the best pineapple, Dubai had wonderful dates, and here it is the watermelons. I had always thought watermelons were refreshing and nice when you are thirsty, but here they are a real treat... You have to eat them quickly though, and watermelon is the only fruit that doesn't filter the water it contains, so you have to be careful where you buy yours...

Time to feed the dogs. Tiny eats very slowly now, but she still likes her food. Dummy too, but Dummy is special. One day I'll tell you about him, and about his name too...

Bye for now and have great days all!

Helene, in Saigon

Feels good to be home.  I'd like to go to one of my kids without getting exhaused, but probably will always try to do too much to make up for not seeing them more often.

beb:  yes, it's a lot of cooking with Thanksgiving then Christmas following.  But Thanksgiving is our official start of the Christmas holiday.  We talk about shopping and what everyone wants and what we are baking and decorations, etc.  Or normally we do,  this yr, it was 2 females and 6 men so they weren't interested in our converstion.  Everyone pitches in with the cooking and it's work but enjoyable.

There was heavy traffic both going and coming home.  My daughter gave me a big makeup bag full of goodies and thinks I need to wear it everyday.  I'll try altho I prefer the natural look, but polished with a light touch of everything.

My clothes are tight around the waist.  No scale for a while for me.  I brought home some turkey and home I can get back on the wagon today.

robbie and ohio - I'm glad you both are home safe and sound. robbie you're doing great exercising while at the cabin - kudos!! i thought when i read that I could have brought a tape with me to mydaughters but I didn't and i guess my grandson will give me some exercise!! LOL

ohio - I always do too much too - it's that motherly instinct! I always say I have to go back to work to get rested What a nice treat - a bag full of make-up!!

My stats for November

Fat - 27.0% (996 grams)
Protein - 21.6% (1,798 grams)
Carbohydrates - 50.0% (4,155 grams)
Alcohol - 1.4% (66 grams)
Other - 0.0%

Daily Calorie Intake - 1,218 cals
Daily Sodium Intake - 1,489 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 77 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 123 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 12 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 17 grams
Nutrition grade A-

Getting closer but still a little low in protein and actually maybe a little low in calories with exercising - had no appetite when I had that cold. Fiber would be higher because I take a daily supplement that I don't log.

snow - You can do this - you already have!! I'm sure if you quit logging and just do what you have been doing - eating well  -you will be fine. Just ck in with us once in a while! We want to hear from you!

Hi Girls:

Bonton:... fresh on my mind i'll start here with you, your stats look fabulous, i wish mine looked as good and with your fiber supplement i would say darn near perfect!,... my problem lately is my sodium and sugar, to high....gotta leave the chocolates and canned things alone.  Helene: I am so sorry to hear about Tina, you sound like you have things in hand though and you are prepared for what you must do, still it is hard, especially at christmas, my heart and prayer are with you, in fact we are all with you, you know that, so lean on us you don't always have to be the tower of strength. ...... I never much cared for reading (poor concentration) now, but here on the site i enjoy it, and there's always something i learn especially from reading your knowledgeable posts...  Fruits from different areas they are embedded in my mind now, thanks...hehehe.  Your poor tree sounds like something out of a charlie brown xmas animated cartoon.....lol.....

Snow: Don't leave, just budget your time, like you said, we would miss you to much you are part of this" well defined" family tree, to cut off a branch would be missed!!...We need you...

Well girls i have finally figured out how to handle my chocolate eating problem and yeterday it took the cake...so to speak....hehehe....i have taken the "logical approach" to it.....if i eat 4 pieces of chocolate similar to (pot of gold) then i have eating acording to the box 300 calories yesterday i ate 12 pieces or 900 calories.  It takes me over 2 hours of riding my bike to burn that off, this is hard for me, impossible with my back so now i found a way to say NO!!!! AND mean it!!!!  Just have to remember how much i have to exercise or ride to burn that off, so now today i am not going to eat....don't worry this is not something i do often, it's only the second time this year i have fasted......and just drink my ice tea (water) subsitiute.......then i will be back on track but one day lost, i also have to have a deficit of 600 daily this week to lose 1lb....so is it worth it for me to cheat...................NO!!!!.....!!!!

I wrapped the presents yesterday that i have bought for Kyle, gave him a nice pair of winter boots early since his feet are growing fast now, it's hard to keep up.  It is hard for me as his loving mother not to worry about him all the time, The 3 probation orders in effect till next August for mischief and silly theft, i worry about everything, so he was at a friends (no phone) with the mother of the friend as well all weekend....he says?, when he came home, he was polite, well behaved and quiet, so i will assume everything was cool, no parties, drugs or booze going on, he showed no symptons or any odors, me (the nose detective) that anything bad was going on.  He asks me to trust him and i am trying i'm just always worried that his naiveness may get him into trouble, again, but i also have to realize that he is trying, has been good lately and he is growing up and maturing into a young adult, but i still want to know where he is and what he is doing, and on that he keeps everything to himself, i have to pull this info out he never volunteers.....what's a mother to do????  The thing that sticks in my mind is i know he has to learn, he wants to be trusted, i sometimes wish i was a little fly on the wall though, monitoring him......lol...hehehe...well my father always said that trust has to be earned once it is lost......i believe this to be true....!!

Robbie: (Pot bellied) stove or  fireplace, i know what you me, in any case sounds like you had an enjoyable time!!...glad your home safe.

Alice: Thanks for the tid bit on mountains, i don't know why i thought you lived in B.C. the moutains i quess, but Bakersfield yes i remember now, old age hehehe.  I finally had a chance to look at your pictures, ah they take my breath away i would love to climb them...wow....when i was younger an had a good back i use to travel quite alot, and here in Ontario there are some big hills, not mountains like yours but tall big hills i use to climb and actually promised myself one day would again as a test of my endurance and health...who knows maybe someday.....anyway those pics are beautiful, fresh, is it a club you belong to our are you hiking with your friends???.....

Beth: 9.12 baby...wow that is big, that size would have hurt me , as it was i had a little trouble with Kyle at 6.11 my back fractured....but glad mom and baby doing fine.....2 more to go.....hehehe

Wanted to say together all the site members have lost several pounds this week.....congratulations!!!and for those who have struggled keep with it, it will happen....bye all............BEB

Oh i wanted to just clarify, Alice that our tallest mountains, as we do have some not JUST hills, not 12000 feet as yours but i think Blue mountains 30 miles NW of here a skiing lodge is at 1200ft but we do have some beautiful ones north of here and east surrounded by the most gorgeous clearwaters ranging in around 2500ft in height but that is about as tall as they get, to us this is huge, we have alot of caves, canyons, fresh waterways and gorges, and to me they are facinating to climb, sit on and film, "Ogawa canyon and Killarney provincial park was probably one of the prettiest to me Killarney is 150 miles north on Georgian Bay of course i haven't actually been there yet close....Kilbear park and Ogawa is about 300 miles north of  here, climbed around it in the 70's, 80's.  The mountain peaks in your picture looked just like Waltons Mountain, i know that down in West Virginia on my way south there were also some gorgeous mountains...Appalatian??...spelling...  Penn, Virginia, New England Ohio or wherever you live i am sure there are picturesque views in all of it.  That is the beauty of this planet, variety is the spice of life.............and Ontario is no exception, whether you like fishing, swimming, golfing, hunting, boating, hiking, mountain biking, camping, cottaging, climbing a mountain or looking at follage we also have it all, here!!  Diversity in cultures, waterfalls, landscapes, lakes, miles of open fields it's al beautiful to me!!!....bye for now....

Being a picses i am the sign who always believes in trying to make the world a better place in which to live, of course i don't mean to say that i am the only one, i just mean it's in me naturally to want to...anyway i recycle, care deeply for the environment, the water, trees, land etc...especially water....i recycle garbage, compost, conserve water use, use energy saving bulbs, help the community where i can, .....what do you all do or any thoughts or comments????  Just thought since you are all feeling so thankful after thanksgiving you might have a thought or two???lol...hehehe

Hi Everyone!

Enjoying my 2 days off before going back to work. I haven't logged my food today because it is from a deli and I can't figure out how to log it. No big deal. I just will keep plugging along until my pants feel better Jogged my 40 minutes today. Spike and I took Pork Chop with us. We just waited for her at the truck when the run was over. She was there directly. And you could tell she was so thrilled and proud to come with us.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Peg

My son kyle 16 i don't know what to do about this.  He asks me to trust him, then i when i do i find out today by message on my machine that he has cut school again, he has been hanging out with some boys from school who i find out have also been cutting classes, and the boy Cody who is about to be kicked out of his home for cutting class, i have talked with Kyle about this, he says he is going but clearly he isn't, he struggles as it is,, with school is on the IEP special program has great troubles learning, is failing history, doesn't care, is getting help from resourse teachers, doesn't want help, now he didn't go to school today....i am at my wits end, he hasn't been coming straight ,home from school, won't tell me what he's doing or where he's been, says his friend has no phone.....i am worried,  i am afraid i have lost control of him, and i don't know what to do, he won't listen to me, and even yelling at him isn't taken any affect, if doesn't doesn't go to school, he could be arested for not being in school, he doesn't seem to care, he is suppose to call to set up an appointment for community service won't do this either.  I f i call his Probation officer this could land him in hot water, bu i don't know what else to do.  I never got into any trouble this is not my expertise but it seems to me if a child doesn't want help, there isn't much i can do, turn him in, kick him out, or let him go???...i just don't have all the answers, or the wisdom, streetwise i am but he is on a waiting list to get one on one help, i will talk with his P/O to start but i just don't know...why doesn't he care......???

I had an epiphany rereading my journal. I wrote that I lost while working with a dietician and kept the pounds off. Then I came to CC, lost another 8 lb. and have regained those. There are 2 obvious conclusions: 1. go back to the system used by the dietician, or 2. You lost the weight she and the doctor wanted you to lose, your blood pressure and other bad numbers went down, this is where you should be, maintain here.

Right now I’m going with number 1. One difference between the dietician and CC is that she had me keeping a brief food log. It is less difficult than logging and gives me less information but I think that here, less is more. So I’ll return to the old fashioned paper and pen method for logging, but will still hang with my cyber friends for the all important support and chat.

Helene­­—I read "The Alchemist" years ago and didn’t enjoy it. I’m really into short stories (just finished another book by Alice Munro) so I’ll look for Coelho’s collection. Sorry to hear about Tiny.

Ohio—Welcome home. It is so nice to visit the grandkids but a bit exhausting. One wonderful thing about grandkids is that you can be with them 100%, then go home and relax. I’m hoping to see my grandkids in January.

Bonton—your stats look great. I admire you for keeping up, for being so careful.

BEB—Good luck with your son.

Frost—Enjoy your time off. The Pants Diet, I like it, LOL, or dieting by the seat of your pants.

BEB, I'm so sorry for the troubles with your son.  Mine is 15, so I know somewhat how this age can be.  I think you are right to talk to the probation officer.  If Kyle won't do what you say, then you need to get some sort of authority figure involved.  Just my opinion.  I am a very strict parent, and I know it can be hard to say no to them, but that's what you have to do.  Don't worry about being too strict, even though they try to make you out to be the meanest mom on the planet.  Your son has not earned your trust. 

Alice

thanks guys!  LOL  it's good to know that you would miss me.  here i am...  on as usual...  that's my problem!  i really need to cut loose!!!

i will still be here, reading & stuff...  just trying to keep my mouth shut & trying to NOT log.  i have never not logged my exercise.  i have not logged my eating, but not my exercise?!  lol  that's another story.

i need to do this.  for me!  :D

LOL Phox

By the seat of my pants is right!

Snow - I'm tempted to say "Don't Go!" but I do understand. But I will sure miss hearing from you more.

BEB - I'm also a believer in "tough love". Your son needs to realize that trust is something that we earn. Hang in there!

My weight is staying steady around 155.6. At least it isn't going up. But hopefully it will go down again sometime.

I got called out last night before I got to sleep. At first her labor seemed to be moving slow. But I called another midwife to go check on her because she lives closer. But things picked up quickly and I actually missed the birth. the other midwife delivered the baby at 12:13 this morning and I got there right after the baby was born.

Still there was about 3 hours of work to do. But needless to say it was an "easy" birth for me. As soon as I was saying good by to my client, the phone rang and it was another client whose water broke.

So my apprentice and I went straight to her house to check on her and the baby. All was fine but her contractions were just starting. So we went back to my house to get a few hours sleep.

I slept for 4 hours and then went back. The baby was born at 11:06 this morning. The Dad got to assist in cathing and it was a great birth.

So two births in one day. I should be tired but really it was all pretty easy today.

I'm going to run some errands with my husband and then go to bed early tonight. I've had 900 calories so far today. So I shouldn't have any problem staying within my goal for the day. Tomorrow is a busy day with postpartum visits and a trip to the valley again.

BEth

First and foremost, BEB...

No one can tell you what to do or not to do. But what one CAN do is tell you of one's own experience. It took me three children to realize, this summer mind you!, one very big truth: love is given. By that I mean that children love us, no matter what, because we are their mother... It takes a great deal to make a child stop loving his mother, and even then, it takes almost nothing for that mother to make her child love her again. A word, a gesture, a confession... Even after years and years of estrangement. You might say: "Duh..."

And yet... This summer, I had to go through a lot of problems to get my son to obtain his student visa to Canada. Every possible delay and misunderstanding was thrown onto my road. So much so that my hair got a lot whiter than it originally was. Nothing worked. We even had to cancel our flights, I had to call the school to tell them that Patrice would arrive only after start of the semester, spent nights on Internet to try and unravel the mess. So much so that one day, at the end of my tether, I cried, alone in my room at night, and asked, aloud: "Why?" I do believe that when things go wrong in our lives, it is because there is a lesson there that we have to learn and aren't seeing or learning. So I asked what it was, because I couldn't see it alone. That night, I had a dream. And in that dream, I replayed a scene that had happened a few weeks earlier, in Saigon. My son had gone to the Canadian visa authority to get the papers he needed to fill his student permit application. He called me to say he had to pay 135 CAD to get it. So I told him not to worry about the money and to just take it. But he argued with me that the woman had told him he may not need it. I insisted, but he answered: "No way I am going to pay that kind of money for a lousy piece of paper I may not need." I insisted again - I have gone through dealings with immigration people many times and I know you always should do what they ask you to do, even when they end up saying it wasn't necessary - but then my son got angry and said: "You see! That's what you do! You say you trust us and then, when we do things, you tell us we do wrong! You always do that!"

That's when I did what I usually do - and my children know it - when they get angry at me. I relented. I said ok, do it your way, of course I trust you. I am sorry... Why? Because I was afraid. Afraid of losing their love, losing their goodwill, losing them. And that's the precise moment when hell started... Time had come for me to learn my lesson.

When I dreamt of that scene I woke up. And it all was clear in my mind: what I had failed to understand was that my children love me, and that they always will no matter what. So my job was not to make sure they would. My job was to be their parent, and a parent's job is to protect their children's interests. To fight and fight to make sure they have the best chances on their side. And if I did my job well, in the end, they would not only love me, but respect me as well, for having always put their interest first... Not mine, not my own feelings, not my own fears. Their interest. Because love is given... That very day, the Canadian embassy in Paris sent me a message saying that they had decided to grant my son his visa, as an exceptional gesture...

Our children want to grow up fast. They think they are older than they are in reality, but they seldom measure how young they are, how inexperienced. But we do. And it is our responsibility to protect them, even from themselves. We should always make it clear to our children that there is nothing more important in our lives than they are, and act accordingly. And if they are too young to understand where their own interest is, tough luck. One day, they'll understand, if we give them a chance to grow up and become responsible adults in their turn. But how can they do it if we do not show them what a responsible adult is? Yes, they do say things that hurt us, and they know very well where to hit for maximum damage. But we should know better.

Good luck BEB. I'll keep you and Kyle in my thoughts. I wish I could do more, but those waters we all have to navigate with our own means...

Beth, what a deluge of babies! When everything goes well like that it must be such a rewarding job...

Phox, I am sorry you didn't enjoy The Alchemist, but I guess it all depends on the bend your mind has when you read a book. What is meaningful to one may just be boring jibberish to another. What books do you usually enjoy? I must admit I enjoy most books, as I have been in love with the printed matter ever since I learned how it all worked. I was 4 and already knew the alphabet (I was the second child, so I learned when my brother did, as it often happens), so when the teacher told us "B+A=BA", I came home and told my Mom I knew how to read, took the biggest book in the library (The Three Musketeers, by A. Dumas, some 600 pages of difficult French...) and started reading. Can't remember a thing of the story, but by the end of it I could read all right!!! LOL

Bonton, you are doing so good! Whenever I think of you I think Discipline. You are an inspiration. Like Snow teaches me not to take myself too seriously, you teach me consistance. When I compare my results to yours, I see that I may eat too much fat, and I know it is the cheese I eat. Love cheese. I do not eat much meat but I have cheese every day... I'll try to cut that a bit, or to choose those with the least fat content.

I went walking this morning. DH was going to a meeting before going to the office, and departed only at 8, which gave us time to walk one hour. I had a protein shake and an apple for breakfast. Only slept 4 hours last night, but I am trying to change my sleeping pattern, after reading that some people have a hard time sleeping longer than 5 hours (it is definitely my case since childhood), and that they should have a nap mid day rather than try to change this. One hour is enough most of the time. I slept from 1:30pm to 2:30pm yesterday and it was most refreshing. I will do that again today and see what happens.

Oh! Frost, speaking of sleep: I do not know of any sutra to help sleep, but breathing exercises are definitely good for sleeplessness. If your husband could try and concentrate on his breathing, nothing else, just slow, deep, breathing, no thoughts - it's the thoughts that keep us awake. Once I read: "You have to be like the fox watching a rabbit hole, asking yourself: 'I wonder what my next thought will be' and wait as long as you can before a thought comes to you. And when it comes, chase it away, like a fox chases a rabbit." Hope this helps. And chasing rabbbits is not much worse than counting sheep... LOL

Time to do something with my day. Have a great one, all.

Helene, in Saigon

Helene - such words of wisdom regarding our children. Every one of us has a little different approach I am sure but all trying to work to the same end - to help our children learn to be productive, self sufficient, kind and compassionate adults!  And you are right - I am very disciplined although I have my moments when the strong urge for something sweet wins out! LOL My vice - sweets!

I spent the past 2 1/2 days at my daughters - saving her some babysitting money and of course that allowed me to spend the time with my grandson! I'm no dummy LOL Yesterday we went to Chuckie Cheese's - it was not crowded as all the school kids were in school - he had a great time playing games. His favorite - air hockey! I told my daughter her house was a weight watchers nightmare!! Too many cookies and candy sitting around. Luckily - I took some home made vegetable soup with me for my lunches so it kept me full and I managed to stay out of the junk food!! LOL Her hubby is skinny as a rail and can eat anything without gaining an ounce! Came home tired ( you don't sleep as well on the pull out sofa bed LOL ) but did manage to get the ornaments on the tree last night.

My other daughter met her WW goal last night - she has lost 15 pounds! Now none of her clothes fit! (Peg - she still needs a  boyfriend!! )Somehow - doing the same points as her I seem to be maintaining - why is that??!! My hubby says "it's your age" and you look fine the way you are LOL.

Back to the gym tonight - it will feel good to go work out - I get achy from my arthritis when I don't get to the gym and I have not been there since last Tuesday!!

Good morning:

Short message today...lol

Bonton: What may i ask do you do for your athritis, i don't know if it's just in  your knees....painful i know, am sorry!!

i am not completely sure the the problem in my shoulder is arthritis, the fact that i have had it a while..it did come on suddenly, the cracking the sound of bone on bone, i am leaning more towards bursitis, in 2 spots and it came on suddenly more like an injury, whether throwing stones across the water in the summer, my weightlifting dumbells 5lbs or throwing snow balls but something suddening triggered it and my limited motion is making it difficult to lift anything, do anything and sleep on that side.  What's new....

Thanks everyone for your stories and i do do everything for my son, but there comes a time that i have to let him stand on his own 2 feet and take responsibility for his own actions, do the time so to speak, i love him more then anything, and his constant bad choices is only going to give him a life behind walls.  Like Bonton i want so very much to be a grandmother one day and enjoy that.  However what i have been hearing from school is Kyle has been alienating himself from others, saying inapropriate things to his classmates, constantly!  He doesn't have many friends because of this and i could talk and advise him till i am blue in the face.......i have the patience of a saint with him cuz i love him so much....i just want him to have at least half the life i have had to be happy, meet and love a woman and have kiddies, decent job.  The same things every parent wants for there children.....to be healthy and happy.

Well i didn't fast yesterday but will today.....i am 1500 calories over so one day of fasting will wipe that out and then onto my regular routine of weight watching.

Did anyone see biggest loser last night ...wow.....that Vicky is some actress.....she has got to go...the drama has gotten boring with her...hehehe

Well bye for now, thanks for the support gang......i do appreciate it!!!!!! To all of you!!..........

.............BEB 

BEB - I take prescription arthritis medicine daily. Tried Glucosamine but it made my reflux worse. And I exercise - I get more achy when I don't exercise.

I agree - I wish Vicki would go home on the Biggest loser!

Thanks Bonton: It's just a Glenn had mentioned maybe an anti inflammatory drug may help, was wondering....since i won't be lifting any dumbbells in that arm now i have to find an alternative to keeping my arms trim...and mobile??